Month: January 2016

This book has been my first surprise this year and what an amazing one! I bought it solely judging by the title, which I thought wonderfully ironic. I didn't know much about Jeanette Winterson, other that I probably should read some of her books. I expected a novel full of irony and sarcasm, what I …

hmmm, was it average or bad... I still haven't made up my mind. It was not painful to read that's for sure, I actually read it in a day and a half, my problem is that it was soooooo emotionally not realistic that it hardly made any sense. Well written but lacking on content. Structure interchanging between past and …

Last Friday, like everybody and their dog, I decided to go and see Lumiere London lights festival. Despite the cold it was a great walk all through the central London, a place that I generally tend to avoid, but as I discovered I miss it too. It was great to rediscover some long forgotten places. …

Some thoughts and quotes to expand a bit on my short review. The book touches on so many things and your perception of what is important in it will definitely depend on your experiences, but it is a book that moved me on many levels. ***SPOILER ALERT***I know the story is summarized at the back of …

I admit I didn't know much about Roth when I started reading his books. I didn't know so much that I didn't even know 'Human Stain' was the last book of the American Trilogy, so it became the first book written by Roth I read. I loved it, the complexity, the big and small picture, …

This book was generally classified as science fiction, which is probably why it took me so long from buying it to reading it. I like science fiction but only from time to time, I guess I’m not the technology type, but I do like sci-fi that probes the big questions: what makes us human, how …

My first Roth... I finished this book few months ago and still I’m not sure I’m ready to write its review. I liked the writing, characters, story, but it’s not about that, this is the superficial layer. I think I’m still digesting the book in some way, it touched on so many topics, all forms …